Gratitude

A quote for reflection:

“It’s okay if you don’t feel grateful in this moment, even if you know you have a lot to be grateful for. Let yourself feel whatever you feel. It will be a lot easier to focus on your blessings after you let the pain run through you.” ~Lori Deschene

Gratitude can be challenging for many people in the world today. Life’s troubles can be overwhelming and it is easy to get lost in the thought that life is only full of difficulties. Part of feeling gratitude may flow more easily when we give ourselves permission to acknowledge and feel our honest and real feelings with ourselves and others who are supportive and loving. Forcing gratitude is not being truthful about where we are in the moment. We honor ourselves by feeling our feelings and that is when gratitude becomes possible. Living in gratitude and joy is a part of life if we allow it to be.